Mattheus_van_Helmont_The_Alchemist_fa_2000_001_j67314356.jpg
Summary
Mattheus van Helmont : The Alchemist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q10730195
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
This scene depicts tools and materials used both in alchemy and in art—most notably the large écorché figure placed on the alchemist's table, which was used by artists and students of human anatomy. A human skull, books, candles, a globe, and glassware rest alongside it. The alchemist himself studies a flask held in his left hand, likely performing a uroscopy, as his young assistant tends a distillation apparatus over a fire in a small furnace at left. To the rear of the chamber, other assistants gather near a larger furnace. Tongs, an anvil, and other tools suggest they are working with metals.
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Date |
17
th
century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 23 in (58.4 cm)
; width: 33 in (83.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,+23.0U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,+33.0U218593
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q5090408
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Accession number |
FA 2000.001.277
(
Science History Institute
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Credit line | Science History Institute . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/x920fx36z |
Licensing
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Science History Institute
as part of a
cooperation project
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